Contribution Based Author Categorization to Calculate Author Performance Index

• Main Authors: Rahman, Mohammad Tariqur, Regenstein, Joe Mac, Abu Kassim, Noor Lide, Karim, Muhammad Manjurul
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Taylor & Fracis 2020
• Subjects: BJ1725 Ethics of social groups, classes, etc. Professional ethics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/86138/1/Contribution%20Based%20Author%20Categorization%20to%20Calculate%20Author%20Performance%20Index_%20Accountability%20in%20Research_%20Vol%200%2C%20No%20ja.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86138/2/08989621.2020.1860764_journalCode%3Dgacr20%26; http://irep.iium.edu.my/86138/; https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=aimsScope&journalCode=gacr20
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Despite the widely used author contribution criteria, unethical authorship practices such as guest, ghost, and honorary authorship remains largely unsolved. We have identified six major reasons by analyzing 78 published papers addressing unethical authorship practice. Those are lack of: (i) awarenes...